B-52 at Davis-Monthan air force base near Tucson, Arizona, United States, (n 32°10’, W 110°51’) Card 170x120mm with recycled envelope and biodegradable cello. Detailed caption on the reverse of the card. Card is blank for your own message.
Several hundred American B-52 Stratofortress bombers are being kept as a source of spare parts at the Davis Monthan airbase in the heart of the Arizona Desert. Used intensively as a conventional bomber during the Vietnam and Gulf Wars, the B-52 was originally designed (in 1952) to carry nuclear weapons. Symbolizing the most powerful military force in the world, it played a major part in implementing the policy of the nuclear deterrent. This policy, which was a unique feature of the Cold War, consisted of the possession of a nuclear arsenal so powerful that its use would cause worldwide catastrophe. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States have been prominent in a number of conflicts, and their influence on international organizations such as NATO has been dominant, at times verging on unilateralism.
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